The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-11

4Nr<rr fnoCsA<Dpcraons are homeless
BY reason Of the recent earthquakes In ~
ally. The material losses are estimated a
elo.oo.ooo, falling mostly upon industrious
~villagcrs-
Tnr United states Senate has ordered
the preparation Of an index % it, secret
journal for the my years from 1879 20
ls79. Tho injunction % secrecy will
probably be removed next autumn.
An epidemic Of q lee Il raging In tho
Ridge Avenue Orphans Home. Il Ale
ghony City, Pa Fifty OF tho children arc
III with b disease, some half . dozen or
more deaths having occurred, and the
physicians and attendants arc appre-
hensive OF the safety OF the other inmates.
A srRlKE Of grave diggers h tho latcst
laoor alarm In New York City, and
crematories arc looking ".
Couxr KALSoKY said in debate on tho
"a that the Austrian Governments war
measures were partly defensive.
TIL Massachusetts Supreme Court has
decided that, under the laws Of that
State, baliot-box stunning on license cleo
tons 10 not q crime.
The Austrian court Il making elaborate
preparations TO celebrate the ninetieth
birthday Of the Emperor Of Germany.
The result Of the second ballotings In
Germany for members OF the Reichstag
do not appear 70 be - favorable TO the
government o. TO the opposition.
italian sentiment appear> 70 be against
the proposed new triple alliance. There is
q suspicion that Austria can not give y re-
liable guarantee for its permanency.
CHIEP JUSTICE MORRISON OF the Cali
fornia Supreme Court died on the u.
Mn. MILLER, Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue, has sufficiently recovered from
his recent illness TO Be able TO resume his
duties At the Treasury Department
The coroner's jury In the case Of Wake
held Gains (~colored), whose dismembered
body was found In . creek oar Edding-
ton, Bucks County, Pa, February II. rem
dered . verdict on the ID that Gaines
came TO his death 1t the hands Of George
Wilson, and that Mrs. Tabbs was Access
to the crime
Az earthquake shock was felt on the
south side OF Long Island about half-past
four o'clock on the afternoon Of the "a.
Windows ratified and the observatory was
shaken. The vibrations lasted several sec
onds.
TIKI Mt Carmel PA) shaft colliery,
operated by the Philadelphia = Reading
Coal and Iron Company, has resumed
work after nine months idlcness. The
resumption Of operations gives employ
mentt to 1000 hands.
TIM remains OF Edward Kuehl, found
dead in bed at Omaha, Neb., were sent to
Buffalo, n ", on the ID, in accordance
with his will to be crcmated- His ashes
are to be placed In IN urn and placed over
the bar Of q popular saloon In Omaha, in
compliance with his will
THE President has recognized Denis
Donahoe a. Consul Of her Britannia
Majesty for the States OF California, Ore
gon and Nevada, and for the Territories
Of Washin gton, Idaho, Utah and Arizona,
to reside az San Francisco. and Francis
L. Grave, Consul of her Britannia Majesty
for the States Of Maryland. Virginia,
West Virginia and Kentucky, to reside at
Baltimore
PrBLIc PRINTER BENEDICT has been
confirmed by the Senate.
THE British Government is taking steps
70 control the Canadian olonia fishery
matters.
Jonx WALTERS. an Irishman. OF Detroit.
and Auscey Demo Whela, a Spaniard OF
Dahlonega- Ga. aged one hundred and
six years, died on the I'd.
AN adverse report was agreed upon By
the Senate committee on the District OF
Columbia on the nomination OF James M.
Trotter for Recorder Of Deeds Of the Dis
trict.
TuE Treasury Department has decided
that the wife Of a Chinese laborcr Is q per-
son whose original entry into this country
Is prohibited by the Chinese Restriction
act
TIE announcement from Washington
thai the Houss had recedcd and passed
the Edmunds bill caused great excite
menta and rejoicing among vcssel-owncrs
and fishermen az Gloucester. Mass.